His Public Shame

gne filled the hotel room, a comforting

ing a group chat confessing he' d just "bagged the quiet art

, and his chilling message: "Not as innocent as she looks, boys.

ntimate video of us, shared with the c

d a fresh stab of humiliation, and the v

t his scent, his touch, the memo

here, plastered across the univers

d already twisted the narrative,

nship, and worst of all, my own moth

co-conspirator: my stepsister, Jessica, who gleef

romise to myself: I would expose them

birthday party, where I w

the camera capturing his panicked face. "I' m here t